Time to put down the prophet’s mantle?
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Mark Silk suggests that it is time for religious leaders to put down the mantle of
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Mark Silk suggests that it is time for religious leaders to put down the mantle of
Steve Waring of
Dean Tom Ferguson offer differing perspectives on the election of the next Presiding Bishop and the work of restructuring the church.
From the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public Affairs: The Episcopal Church Executive Council announced the recipients of the Constable Fund Grants, totaling $535,000, for the
Mary Frances Schjonberg reports from Executive Council for Episcopal News Service:
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, President of the House of Deputies, have given opening remarks at the meeting of the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council, in session until Monday near Baltimore.
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has passed a resolution on gun violence, as reported on the House of Deputies page:
Currently the Episcopal Church cannot join broad interfaith movements such as Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence because neither General Convention nor Executive Council has approved legislation on gun trafficking. Executive Council can change that.
The
The letter is supported by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and its signers include a former Presiding Bishop and a former President of the House of Deputies, the dean of the National Cathedral, and several other nationally and internationally known Episcopalians.